#matteskye

[sculptural-renaissance]

Confession: before the official reveal that Ilia was/still is in love with Blake, I used to ship her with Adam. I thought it would be interesting for them to turn to each other as a means of filling the Blake-shaped hole in their lives, however unhealthy that may have been (at that point, I was unsure if Ilia's interest had been romantic or simply a close friendship, but that didn't much affect her dynamic either way with Adam, in my mind). Now that we know Blake & crew are headed to Mistral on the same ship from before, the crackship gods have smiled upon me. You may recall the First Mate from Volume 4. That character's VA is nonbinary, and their headcanon is that the First Mate is also nonbinary and is named Matte Skye. I'm not super wild about the whole Blake harem thing, so I don't really ship Calico, but I thought Ilia and Matte would be adorable together! We don't know how gender nonconformity is viewed in Remnant, but it's possible that these two could find some common ground as people who had to hide who they were from the outside world. Anyway, here they are doing the Titanic thing. Matte is Jack since they're more accustomed to seafaring life and would be more confident supporting Ilia, and Ilia is Rose since she may never have been on a ship before, at least not like this, and would find the whole experience exciting and new. I'm not sure what to call this ship. Oceanic Dispersal? Sea Serpent? Galápagos? Cuttlefish? I can't decide. #bevcantdraw #rwby #rwbyfanart #iliaamitola #ilia #iliarwby #matteskye #nonbinary #nonbinaryrepresentation #lgbtrepresentation #chameleon #faunus #titanic #shipping #rarepair #crackship #iliaxmatte #rwbyshipping #otp #ishipit

[dragynkeep]

There was someone bullying people over shipping Gelato a couple years ago. It was nasty. They made a hate list and sent their followers after people. I still have the current URLs of the people who harassed me (and other people) for blocking purposes. I also have proof CRWBY is okay with the ship lol ask around about “parasoles” and “matteskye”

oh i remember parasoles  /  matteskye; they got really assmad when they saw me saying it was okay to sexualize neo because she was an adult. if you’re willing to share that list tho 👀

[myste-rae]

Turns out ages in RWBY have been updated

Ruby: 17

_WBY, JN_R, etc: 19

Oscar: 14 (still)

Neo: 16

Just a heads up. R/o/segarden is pairing a 17 year old with a 14 year old, who also has a thousands of years old man in his head

Since Ruby was 15 when Beacon fell, Pyrrha was 17 when she died etc, Neo indeed was 14 at the time, thanks to @matteskye for pointing that out

[dicreceipts-debunked]

As DIC has blocked me, which I find quite funny, I will be making a post here about their current activities. DIC is digging up art on artists that are simply only associated with Dashingice because they have a personal, childish vendetta against her. The way they are acting and posting ‘receipts’ on anyone in her friend group even if they have aged up Ruby, is ludicrous. While they are doing this they are completely ignoring actual problem blogs such as: The Blake x Qrow one, the Roman x Ruby one, the Qrow x Ruby one, or the various porn blogs that do not age Ruby up at all and depict her being raped by much older men. DIC does not care about calling out actual pedophilia. They only wish to try and ruin Dashingice’s reputation, and those who are friends with her and have nothing to do with this. They only wish to stir up petty drama within the FNDM because they think these harmful accusations are hilarious. DIC has even attempted to get under my skin by making another side blog to mock me and ask if I was “30 years old and had kids.” They are not someone to get information from. DIC also repetitively brings up how I had brought MatteSkye into this as a way to try and say I am a hypocrite. However, the only hypocrite that I see is DIC and Matteskye themselves. I had gone after Matte because they were constantly using the very same misinformation and out of context posts as DIC. I have also learned they seem to be friends and have very well may have planned this whole thing to stir up drama. It is quite ridiculous. The two are nothing more than children. You, as a FNDM member, should not be supporting them at all as each of their claims has been debunked in this blog several times. I will continue to do so as their misinformed accusations unfortunately go on.

[formerlyrunephoenix6769]

Emerald V’s Neo: Is it on the Cards?

Could Neo trigger Emerald’s path to redemption? 

In this post I am going to attempt to break down, a theory and a potential path/ story arc for our favorite thief. 

WARNING: NOT SPOILER FREE.

A villain can only be redeemed or set on a path to redemption one of two ways.

1) They show they are conflicted about their current actions

OR

2) They realize the error of their ways.

PRELUDE: THE TIES THAT BIND.

Of all the villains we have seen so far, Emerald Sustrai is the most conflicted, if not the only one who seems she isnt quite on board with Salem’s faction. 

We first saw this sickle of doubt back in Vol 3.

And finally got confirmation in V6E9 Lost, that she is in fact questioning her allegiances, going so far as to voice her doubts to Mercury.

 However, we have been made aware of her motivations for staying and where her true loyalties lie. 

Cinder Fall, took her off the streets, said she would never be hungry again and gave her a purpose

“I owe Cinder everything!” 

We can speculate to the exact nature of Emerald’s feelings towards Cinder but it cannot be denied that they run deep, especially with her emotionally devastated reaction to Cinder’s demise in Vol 5. 

But there is one thing that is glaringly apparent. 

Cinder does not return those feelings or see Emerald as anything else other than her underling or dogs body. 

This is not something that Emerald at the moment is willing to accept even after Mercury gave her some hard truths, in V6E9 Lost.

“You’re in denial. And if you’re gonna start having a crisis of identity or some crap... keep me out of it”

So in order for Emerald to truly set out on the path to redemption she must first accept that Cinder doesnt care for her and make moves to sever ties.

Well, how does Emerald get to the point of accepting the truth and breaking away? 

In order to get to that point we must first look at the difference with which Cinder treats Emerald in comparison to Neo.  

 REFLECTIONS: 

@yurireview​ has a great post titled “Cinder and Neo an unlikely friendship.”, and they make some really interesting points and good observations. I would suggest checking it out. You can head on over to theirs or find it on my blog.

How does Neo tie into this? 

In this scenario, Neo is an unassuming third party. Neo holds no affection or affinity for Cinder. She has merely engaged in a mutually beneficial partnership in order to achieve her goal of avenging, her mentor, Roman’s death.

 She has no ties that bind her to Cinder or Salem’s faction. 

However....

Cinder has always treated Neo with a modicum of begrudging respect, going so far to dare I say, treat her as an equal. 

Respecting Neo’s ground rules and space,

Accepting Neo’s sass,

Even complimenting her on a job well done, when Neo showed initiative. 

If we mirror this with the way that Cinder chastised Emerald about doing something similar. 

Cinder in no way sees Emerald as an equal. She sees her someone who should do as she dictates,  as a ‘disciple’, an interesting choice of word given Cinder’s ego mania, she sees herself as above Emerald and Mercury, something akin to a God.

When meeting Adam Taurus, Emerald and Mercury kneel behind Cinder.

Unlike with Neo, they will never be on equal footing.

CATALYST: MAKING THE CUT.

We know that Emerald has sought out to change her and Cinder’s roles of subordinate and ‘boss’ from the formal to the informal, something almost akin to friendship.

No acknowledgement of reciprocation has ever come from Cinder’s side. 

I am sure that in the future when Emerald and Cinder are finally reunited that Emerald will not only be ecstatic to see her but will also be tripping over herself to apologize profusely at leaving Cinder behind and no doubt Cinder will be dismissive of this emotional familiarity, crushing Emerald in the process.   

However between Cinder and Neo the reciprocation of the informal has been acknowledged, going so far as to share a ‘light banter’ and a joke. 

 If this back and forth continues between the pair in Emerald’s company, especially so close on the heels of being brushed aside. Perceiving someone else as receiving what she has so badly craved will not doubt sow the seeds of jealousy. 

THE SET UP:

(Simply, Cinder could leave Emerald behind to die at a later stage, which would be entirely in character, as a punishment for the perceived betrayal of leaving her behind in Haven, though Hazel, Emerald and Mercury could have no way of knowing that Cinder survived the fall, even if they went down to the chamber to investigate, but that isnt something that Cinder would likely take into consideration.

It would be a rude awakening for our thief. But it begs the question, Would it be enough? Or would Emerald believe it is something she deserves?)

It is doubtful.

 Emerald will need something far deeper than that to shake her loyalty. Something that cuts her to the bone.

Seeing she has been easily replaced with someone far more useful, perhaps?

It may even fuel the fires of a confrontation.

FACE OFF: THE BATTLE OF THE SEMBLANCES. 

As of the end of Vol 6, all of Salem’s faction are descending on Atlas giving way to the perfect opportunity for the above scenario to play out. 

The question is who would win. 

No doubt in 1v1, Neo would come out the victor. Though Emerald should not be written off entirely. Unfortunately we have not seen the thief go full hog 1v1 with a person but we have seen her take a number of Grimm, approaching the situation with a confidence that suggests that she is more than capable of handling herself.  

We have seen on a number of occasions in a 1v1 that Neo is more than well equipped to take on whom ever steps into the ring and also shrewd enough to know when she is out matched. 

Neo has also learned under Roman’s tutelage that sometimes it is prudent to inconvenience yourself to the detriment of the bigger picture and to achieve your goal at a later date. Opening up the possibility to Neo simply throwing a fight in order to stay close to her enemy.

Now that the hand to hand is out of the way, it is the semblances that have the potential to make an Emerald v’s Neo interesting. 

The pair have quite similar semblances from different ends of the spectrum, but both deal with illusions in some capacity. 

Emerald’s can twist her opponent's mind, make them see what isnt there, to the point that an opponent can interact with those illusions. Whilst Neo can disguise what her opponent sees. 

Both have their limits. 

Neo @matteskye has a great post titled “Using her semblance took a toll on Neo.”

And we still dont know if Neo ‘teleports’ or simply bends light to make it appear to her opponent that she is no longer there.

We have yet to see how this effected Emerald, if at all, with regards to what is she capable of now? 

These factors alone means that a fight between these two has such amazing potential on so many different levels.

 If a confrontation was to occur,  Cinder was to come down on Neo’s side, thereby adding insult to injury , coupled with Neo being taken into Cinder’s confidence in ways that she is not, thereby making Emerald feel replaced. 

Or Emerald was to lose, be injured and then left behind. 

Could it be the last straw that breaks the camels back, triggering Emerald to sever ties with Cinder and ultimately leave Salem’s faction?

OTHER AVENUES:

Upon Cinder’s return, it may not culminate in a confrontation but rather Emerald could simply accept all of the above , serving to create a larger distance between C&E as Neo becomes increasingly closer to Cinder, even if it is a ruse to enact revenge on those she deems responsible for Roman’s death.

As Emerald continues to feel further isolated from Cinder’s faction and thereby her control, Emerald could simply see the slaughter that is about to be wrought upon Atlas, be sickened by it and take the opportunity to bolt whilst the chaos unfolds. 

[cslucaris]

@matteskye put you on some block list and reposted one of your pieces. matteskye(.)tumblr(.)com/post/182410359194/wt-about-rwby-blogs-can-you-tell-some-of-the and matteskye(.)tumblr(.)com/post/182411106804/whys-cslucaris-on-that-list-what-did-he-ever-do

Aw, it’s cool. Everyone’s free to have their own opinions on things! If they think that what I do or what the other artists on that blog do is bad then let them. We’ll just keep on drawing what we love.

[rwby-analysis]

There's a blog under the name Matteskye calling you out as a problamatic blog to avoid

Well, if that makes them happy. I'm almost curious why, but that drama is never worth it.

[neocrows]

She deserves a new outfit

Inspired by @matteskye post about it and mirzers design a bit 😔👌💕

[protect-lesbian-yang]

One of our mods, Matteskye (Mod Neo) has been terminated by tumblr for no real reason. They’ll be back soon, we hope.

[fandomsallaroundme]

thoughts matteskye(.)tumblr(.)com/post/181985159419/fndm-the-issues-with-problematic-ships

This entire post is full of stupidity so I don’t really give a fuck about it lmao

I could go on an entire rant about the first point alone - Oz//Qrow sank because Oz is evil??? I thought it sank because Oz is literally in the body of a teenager now and Qrow punched Oz in the face but okay let’s just place the blame solely on Oz again because that seems to be the popular theme of this entire Volume hahaha - but I haven’t got the time, the interest or the patience to do so tbh

Everyone is allowed to have their own opinions on ships my dude. Some of them are definitely problematic but it’s not my fucking job to police someone’s shipping tastes. As long as you tag your negativity as ‘anti’ and don’t let it end up in the main shipping tag, say whatever the hell you want about it, but don’t target and harass the shippers.

[ashyybees-art]

hey!!! I came across your beacon survivor roman design and I loved it!!! do you think I can write a fic for you based off of it if I tag you? -matteskye

ABSOLUTELY!!!! 

[dicreceipts-debunked]

Admittedly, I had not been aware that Acecosmos was fifteen years of age and do regret my harsher words. I only found out their private blog through their very, very open FAQ on the @matteskye blog.   However, if you are to openly harass any artist and not expect any sort of consequence you are quite foolish. Even teenagers as young as you, still need to learn that their actions they have consciously made can have very difficult consequences. And their serious accusations that are not even the slightest bit true is an issue. You claimed that I was ‘stalking’ yet you seemed to be staring at Dashingice’s blog every hour of the day @dicreceipts.  You are still grasping for straws and it is getting quite clear that you are running out of accusations. So in attempt to gather more of your supporters you made a very poor attempt to ruin my own reputation.  However, unlike you I can admit my mistakes and learn from them. So when are you going to be an adult and move on from this? And to quote one of your supports... get a job?

[bi-qrow]

@matteskye I cant see the post outside my notifs but thank you shes babey

[cslucaris]

Who the fuck is @matteskye?

Dunno. Never heard of them until the previous anon sent me that ask. Apparently they made a list of RWBY artists to avoid but it’s mostly just the people who do nsfw art or draws ships that they don’t like.

[dragynkeep]

Omg good job finding parasoles they used to be matteskye who threw tantrums over basically every non lgbt ship lol. Oh yea they’re DFAB lol so she/her is fine

FSJDKFSJDFKSJF OFC THIS BITCH IS MATTESKYE. i shoulda figured when they were like neo is a child & gelato is pedophilia uwu, fuckin’ neo kinnies man.

i’m also not gonna misgender them if they say their pronouns are they  /  them, especially if we’re also asking for luke’s pronouns to be respected. i’m not gonna sink to their musty ass level lmao.

[neocrows]

@matteskye